esplanade
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Like many Havana residents who live near the Malecon, a coastal esplanade and seawall in the capital, Gonzalez was out trying to catch a bit of air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Whenever I return to Batumi, which I’ve done five times, I always do three things: I stroll along the palm-fringed seaside esplanade, admiring the gardens first landscaped in 1881.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Amanda Kay, who was staying in the hotel on the main esplanade in Cairns, described seeing a helicopter flying "extra low", without lights in rainy weather.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
The esplanade will be refurbished; visitors will no longer have to line up for tickets outside; and the permanent collections will be rearranged and rehung.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
But fate decided that my parents and I and the three wise men, as I shall call them, should meet one day on the Goubert Salai seaside esplanade and that my secret should be outed.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
For one hour either side of high water, very minor impact flooding is expected to affect some seafront roads, esplanades and car parks across the island.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024
Throughout the late-19th and early-20th centuries, Universal Expositions on this site produced extraordinary, short-lived cities consisting of pavilions, palaces, houses, monuments, fountains, bridges, paths, and grand esplanades.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
On a recent day, numerous motorcycle taxis were parked on one of the esplanades outside the basilica.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
Construction has already begun on a $20 billion project to build raised parks, esplanades and barriers along Lower Manhattan.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2022
Nearer were esplanades, where great cannon frowned and balls for their consumption were piled to the top of the different compartments.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler
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